P218 - RELATIONSHIP BLOOD TEST AND BODY MASS INDEX IN STUDENT SUMO WRESTLER

P218

RELATIONSHIP BLOOD TEST AND BODY MASS INDEX IN STUDENT SUMO WRESTLER

Y. Aoto¹, Y. Takeishi², N. Uehara^1,*, M. Nakajima¹, T. Sato¹, M. Hasegawa¹, K. Nakajima³, H. Kawasaki⁴

¹Jissen Women‘s University, Tokyo, ²Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences, Fukuoka, ³Kiryu University, Gunma, ⁴Niigata University of Pharmacy and Medical and Life Science , Niigata, Japan

Rationale: There was not enough data between obese  in Sumo athletes and blood test for health checking diagnosis. Japanese sumo wrestlers are often seen as fat and unhealthy in appearance. The purpose of this study was to verify whether daily intense training can avoid metabolic syndrome even if the BMI value is 30 or higher.

Methods: Fourteen top level  Sumo wrestling player(age:21.5±3.64; BMI 37.1±5.47 kg/m²) as volunteer who belong to college Sumo association in Japan. It was performed examination of the blood below: ALT, γ-GTP, cholesterol, total protein and albumin.  As a comparison, forteen university students (age:21.5±1.7; BMI 20.9±1.3kg/m²) with no exercise habits also participated in the study. This study has been approved by the research ethics committee of Jissen Women's University (H2023-10).

Results: It was clearly significant difference in BMI between Sumo group and other normal student.  However, there were no significant difference in cholestrol and albumin. There ware significant difference higher than normal student in γ-GTP, ALT and total protain. However, one of the 14 Sumo wrestlers exceeded the reference values for cholesterol, γ-GPT, and ALT in blood examination. Therefore, most of the Sumo wrestlers' blood tests were within the health reference values.

Conclusion: One sumo wrestler was suspected of having a fatty liver as a result of an aggressive diet to improve his competitive performance. The major finding was that high intensity physical exercise was to maintain at normal limits by blood test in young obsess. Sumo wrestling player were training for resistance and aerobic two hours per day. Overall, it was performed high intensity exercise training as Sumo training to keep health conditions.

References: Mizuki Nakajima,Takeshi Sato,Yousuke Takeishi, 2018, Effect of daily short term and high intensity training to the metabolic function in college sport student, Integrative food, Nutrition and　Metabolism,Vol5(3),pp.1-4

Disclosure of Interest: None declared